Season trivia for Premjer-Liha 2021/2022
It's not all about becoming the top scorer or winning matches - there's also a wealth of fascinating information related to goalscorers and other remarkable records. Below, you'll find trivia and interesting facts from the 2021/2022 Premjer-Liha season in Ukraine.
Best scoring couple
The top goal-scoring pair, in other words two players where one scored the goal and the other player assisted to it, were Ruslan Stepanyuk and Olivier Thill. Together they were behind 4 goals for Vorskla in the 2021/2022 season.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2021/2022 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Shahab Zahedi, playing for Zorya Luhansk, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 36 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Zorya Luhansk-Veres Rivne.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
In November 2021, Artem Dovbyk (SK Dnipro-1) scored 6 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2021/2022 season.
Most braces by player
Artem Dovbyk in SK Dnipro-1 scored (at least) two goals in a match 3 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2021/2022 season.
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2021/2022 season was Viktor Tsyhankov in Dynamo Kiev, in total he did it 5 times.
Most last goals in a match
In total, there were 4 players who scored the last goal of the match the most times, 4 times to be precise, and the players who did it were these:
Yuriy Klymchuk (Rukh Lviv)
Denys Bezborodko (Desna Chernihiv)
Allahyar Sayyadmanesh (Zorya Luhansk)
Denys Harmash (Dynamo Kiev)
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2021/2022 season was Viktor Tsyhankov, in total he scored 5 penalties for his Dynamo Kiev.
Most penalty goals by team
Dynamo Kiev was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2021/2022 season, in total they scored 6 of their goals from penalties.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 2 players scored 2 goals in added time, and the players who did so were Raymond Owusu (Zorya Luhansk) and Denys Bezborodko (Desna Chernihiv).
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Zorya Luhansk was the best team, in total they scored 5 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
The unluckiest scorer during the 2021/2022 season was Valeriy Dubko, as he held the somewhat dubious honour of scoring the most own goals of any player in Premjer-Liha, which he did 2 times.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Artem Dovbyk in SK Dnipro-1 scored in 6 consecutive matches during the 2021/2022 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
It was Artem Dovbyk in SK Dnipro-1 who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 8 goals in the first half of the match.
Players with most goals in the second half
Tetê in Shakhtar Donetsk scored a total of 7 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Premjer-Liha during the 2021/2022 season.
Most consecutive wins
Shakhtar Donetsk was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2021/2022 season, with a total of 8 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Dynamo Kiev were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2021/2022 season, playing 13 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
During the 2021/2022 season, there were 2 teams that had 6 consecutive losses, and those teams were Metalist 1925 Kharkiv and Mariupol.
Most matches in a row without a win
Inhulets Petrove managed the feat of not winning a single match in 10 consecutive matches during the 2021/2022 season, something they did best among all the teams in the league.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The art of turning a deficit in a match into a win is something SK Dnipro-1 were best at during the 2021/2022 season, they came back to win 3 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Mariupol have managed this in 5 matches during the 2021/2022 season, more than any other team in Premjer-Liha.
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